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Denethor Originally Dropped From LOTR?

Cuivienor writes: In the latest Cine Live magazine, we see a picture of Merry and Pippin meeting Gandalf, but in a forest. It might be Fangorn! Or maybe the forest of Huorns after Helm’s Deep? Secondly, there’s a small sentence in French where John Rhys Davies says: “I first was interviewed to be Boromir’s father (Denethor), but this character was afterwards removed from the scenario, and there it goes that PJ wants me to be Gimli!”. Does this suggest that Denethor was originally written out of the Trilogy pre-filming?

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